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Prayer for the world
Heavenly Father, Almighty God.
I humble myself before your Presence,
I ask you to forgive me my sins and the sins of the whole world.
Father, we have offended you, our ancestors have offended you and we all continue to offend you daily. Lord have Mercy.
Lord my God, I repent of my sins and the sins of the whole world.
Forgive us Lord for breaking your commandments; forgive us Lord for not
listening to your Word. Lord my God, with shame I present to you the
state of this poor humanity as I implore your Mercy and compassion.
Lord I am so sorry to confess the sins of the whole world, we are
guilty Lord, we have insulted you with our pride, and we have defied you
with our sins.
Lord I deplore to see how this humanity is immersed in atheism, but has so many false gods.
Lord I see how children have turned against parents because they try
to teach them what is right, I see rebellion in children, young people
and grown ups.
Crime is on the increase in every city throughout the world, all laws are
despised and your laws are totally ignored. There is corruption even
inside governments and most people will do evil at the cost of others.
Lord there is no love, no faith and no conscience.
You have asked us to keep Sundays your holy day, but not even
Christians put this into effect, Sunday is a day of entertainment and
total forgetfulness of you, our Creator. Only a few remember you and
obey your laws.
Lord, as I look around, I see how this humanity has become very
evil. I see how life has lost its value, human life is destroyed even in
its most vulnerable state inside the womb by the sin of abortion and
countless horrible experiments destroy human embryos and ignore the gift
of life in that humble stage. The gift of human life is excessively controlled by abuse. New life is unwelcome
while the elderly run the risk of having their lives cut short by loneliness and exclusion, which is so widely accepted.
The sacred sacrament of matrimony is desecrated with so many impure
relationships outside marriage and with so many impurities and sexual
aberrations.
Women are being raped, children are being molested and sexually
abused, property is being stolen or destroyed, people are being robbed
or exploited, deceit and malice is everywhere.
People have become very selfish, they only think about themselves
and ignore the cry of the poor, the pain of the sick, the hunger of
those starving, the cold and frustrations of the homeless, the despair
of those suffering.
The poor are being oppressed more and more so that they will always
get poorer and poorer, the weak are being abused and the marginalized
can scarcely live.
There is injustice in the land, the rich seem to be always favored
and prosperous, the poor don’t have jobs and there is not enough food on
many tables in the world.
Hatred has made nations fight other nations, envy has corrupted many
hearts, passions have destroyed many lives, lust has perverted souls
and caused separations and divorce. Impurity, violence and entertainment
seem to be the only means of pleasure for many human beings.
There is no pleasure in doing good, in helping others, in respecting
you our God, because the whole world seems to be hypnotized by the
media.
Impurity, sin, violence and corruption is glamorized and brought
into every home every day and night through television, but not enough of your people complain.
People are too busy in their own personal worlds to really care for
others. Not nearly enough people are prepared to obey the commandment of Jesus, love one
another as I have loved you, or to follow the golden rule: do unto
others, as you would like them to do to you.
We are breaking your commandments Lord; please have mercy on us.
Lord as I look around, I understand that you are bringing us before
your justice, I see many things happening that indicate your just anger.
You have let nature take its course and we see devastation everywhere.
The fields don’t yield their crops, droughts affect many areas of
the world, floods are showing their devastating force, winds are howling
with fury and cause havoc in many areas, the ozone layer is broken and
ultraviolet light is causing cancer to many people, horrible diseases
like aids, cancers and strange diseases are multiplying causing many
deaths.
Bush fires are destroying large forests, rivers are contaminated, fishes are dying, many animal species are disappearing.
Even young children now complain about stress related diseases,
people have no peace, they are very irritable, happiness is very hard to
find.
Human beings are always designing new war weapons, we hear of one
war here, another there and there is always the threat of another world
war, this time involving nuclear and chemical weapons.
We have seen how terrorists are capable of destroying many lives in
seconds, how some are willing to commit suicide in order to hurt or kill
others.
Lord, there is no peace in this world, all these evil things are
happening because we have created them, we have turned our backs to you and
now we are paying the consequences.
Lord of Holiness, Mercy, Kindness and Patience, please have mercy on
us. Release the superpowers of your Spirit and in the name of Jesus
deliver us from the evil spirits that surround us.
Spare us O Lord, grant us the fire of the Holy Spirit to purify us,
fill our hearts with repentance and contrition, show us the way back to
you, save us.
Lord, don’t look at our sins but at the faith of your Church, we ask
you to have Mercy on the whole world in the holy name of Jesus your Son
who died crucified for our sins.
Amen. |
| With Peace and Light from Rev.Bola |
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